Beyula Puntungka Napanangka Australian, Luritja, b. 1966

Beylua Puntungka Napanangka was born in Papunya in 1966, daughter of pioneer Papunya Tula Artist Limpi TjapangatiFrom her father, Beyula inherited rights to the country near the Murini Range which Beyula open depicted in her early paintings. She also inherited a bush fire story, Kali Karringpa, from her grandmother which was her first story to paint. Her mother’sDreaming place was the Dingo Dreaming site of Nyumanu near Kintore. These days Beyulapaints her own dramatic version of the Honey Grevillea Dreaming story inherited from hergrandfather. The works’ strength lies in the abstracted organic lines that forms animmersivespace where the viewer can feel and see the grevillea all at once. Beyula is one of Papunya Tjupi’s most senior and consistent artists. Finalist of the Telstra NATSIAA (2016), John Fries Award (2018) and Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (2019), her work is held in theNational Gallery of Australia Collection, Artbank Collection, RMIT University Art Collection, Knoblauch Collection and University of Queensland International Education Services Collection.